Chanel biography book in Biography Books

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A pictorial examination of the contributions of Coco Chanel to twentieth-century fashion cites her introduction of bobbed hair, slacks, tanned skin, and the world's first couture perfume, in a volume that features lavish photography documenting her break with nineteenth-century styles and redefinition of elegant design.

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Chanel. The name means fashion and perfume, emancipation and casual feminine allure. Gabrielle Chanel began as a kept woman making hats for her lover's other mistresses and went on to become fashion's greatest career woman. She never married or had children, but men like Igor Stravinsky and the Duke of Westminster abandoned their families for her. Now Axel Madsen tells Chanel's story. Scheduled to become a TV miniseries starring Jane Seymour. 32 illustrations.

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The artistic director for the House of Chanel looks at the enduring image of the legendary fashion house from the perspective of its advertising and marketing promotions, capturing four decades of inspiration, organized alphabetically according to such themes as Allure, Coco, Femme, Séduction, and Style.

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Coco Chanel invited the author to visit her in St Moritz at the end of the Second World War when he was given the opportunity to write her memoirs. Through the author's transcription of their conversations, Chanel tells us about her friendship with Misia Sert, her philosophy of fashion and the story behind the legendary Number 5 perfume.

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A full-scale biography with 60 color illustrations peels away the layers of romance and myth surrounding the legend of the incredible woman who shaped modern fashion, in a book drawn from research in the Chanel archives and an exclusive interview with Chanel's successor, Karl Lagerfield. 50,000 first printing.

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